HIS 3055 - From Sambo to Nat Turner: The Nature of Slavery

Institution:

Castleton State College (7.1.2023 merged into Vermont State University)

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Description:

Few subjects have produced so varied a historical literature, or so lively a scholarly debate, as the nature of slavery in the United States. Indeed, from one era to the next, academic books about slavery seem to reflect prevailing popular attitudes about race as much as they describe the actual reality of slavery. This course examines a number of famous works on slavery in an effort to comprehend what slavery was really like, while at the same time coming to terms with the fact that the "truth" about any historical phenomenon is often contingent on who is writingthe history and when they are writing it. Fall 10, Fall 13.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.castleton.edu

Phone Number:

(802) 468-5611

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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